Harold Wade Lahar (July 14, 1919 – October 20, 2003) was an American football player and coach.

He later was an All-Big Six Conference guard for the Oklahoma Sooners under coach Tom Stidham.

[1] Lahar was selected 79th overall in the 1941 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears,[2][3] where he spent the 1941 NFL season before serving in the United States Navy in the South Pacific during World War II.

After leaving the service as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in 1945, Lahar played for the Buffalo Bills of the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1948[4] before beginning his college coaching career as an assistant under Otis Douglas at the University of Arkansas in 1950.

[5] Following the 1967 season, Lahar retired from coaching and served as athletic director at Colgate.